Dish scraper



Feb. 21, 1933. C sc c 1,898,690

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Patented Feb. 2!, i933 CLIFFORD A. SCHACHT, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA man:scnarm Application filed August 27, 1982. Berlal Ho. 630,787.

adapted for use as a dish scraper, sink scraper,

soft rubber blade to stifi'en therear or the like.

Heretoiore, scrapers have been used having flexible rubber blades, butthe handles therefor have been made of metal, wood, or the like,attached to the blade by difierent methods and means, but such scrapershave been found nnsatisfscto and unsanitary in that the handles eventualy become loose, and cut or tear the rubber blade, and moreover it isalmost impossible to keep the connection between the handle and thescraper free from dirt, grease, food, and other germ carrying mediums.

In my novel scraper, however,'tne handle and blade are moldedsimultaneously and integrslly without nemssitating the use of wire orother reinforcing or stiffening material in the handle as in myaforesaid patent, the blade being of soft rubber and the handle being ofhard or semi-hard rubber, the blade and handle being vulcanized togetherso that the blade will be flexible and the handle nonflexible. Ifdesired, the handle portion may be reviously molded of hard or semi-hardrubber before being inserted in the mold for vulcanization with the softrubber blade. The hard or semi-hard rubber handle of the scraperfurthermore extends partly into the portion of the blade, and preventthe blade from breaking oil of the handle when in use. The cuttinn' edgeof the blade readily conforms with the shape or curvature of the surfaceto be scraped, and since the hard or semi-hard rubber handle and thesoft rubber blade are molded in one piece, there are no joints orconnections between the handle and the blade wherein dirt, grease, food,etc., might lodge. Moreover no screws, nails, or rivets are required forattaching the handle to the blade. 1

My scraper can be easily cleaned; and is inexpensive to manufacture, thearticle being preipitically finished when it comes from the mo I willexplain the inventionwith reference to the accompanying drawing, whichillustrates one practical embodiment thereof to enable others to ado tand use the same, and will summarize in t e claims the novel fear turesof construction, and novel combinations of arts, for which protection isdesired.

n said drawingz Fig. 1 is a front View of in section.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transveme section on the line -d, Fig. 1.

As shown, my novel dish or sink scraper preferably comprises a rubberblade 1 thickened as at 1a at its rear portion, said blade beingslightly wedge-shaped or tapering from the portion adj went the handle 2towards the the scraper partly front edge; and said blade being'snbstan- 76 tielly semi-circular as shown, but may be made in any otherdesired she suit the partiicnlar requirements for which is to be useExtending irom the rear or thickened tion 1a of the blade 1 is anintegrai non e ible rnbberhandle 2, preferabiy substantially ellipticalin cross-section as In Fig. 4, but may be of square, oblong, circular orany other desired cross-section.- On the outer end of the handle 2 is anintegral periorated ear 2a, whereby the scraper may besuspended from acord, nail, or other support, when not in use.

Handle 2 is of hard or semi-hard rubber and is vulcanized in a moldtogether with the soft rubber blade 1 or may be pro-formed by molding,and is of sufficient le extend artly into the rear thickened rtion 1a oft e soft rubber blade 1 to sti en the rear portion of the blade whilepermitting the front edge to conform readily with the surface to bescraped. The

in a mold with the soft rubber which is to hard or semi hard rubberforming the handle 2 is placed form the blade 1 and the handle and bladethus molded integrally whereby the scraper will be practically finishedwhen taken from i the mold. i

In order to give the blade 1 the desired stiflness the inner end of thehandle extends into and is embedded in the rear thickened rtionof theblade 1, the portion 2b of the Kindle 2 which is hard ornon-flexible,,being 10 shown in Figs. 1 and 3 as extending into the rearthickened portion 1a of the blade 1 which latter is of flexible rubber.The particular shape of the portion 26 of the handle is not importantrovided'it is of suflicient area to stifl'en the lade 1. i

a My novel dish scraper plrovides a sanitary one iece rubber scra r avinan inte I ha or semi-hard ru ber han e exten ing' partiall into theblade, the handle being substautial y non-flexible, and can be readilycleaned; and them are no joints or connectious between the handle 2 andblade 1 wherein grease, dirt, or food may collect. Moreover, the scrapermay be manufactured at a 95 low cost, since the article is practicallyfinished when it comes from the mold.

I claim 1. A scraper comprising a flexible rubber blade, and an integralhandle of non-flexible rubber.

'2. A scraper comprising a flexible rubber blade, and an integral handleof non-flexible rubber, the handle extending partly into the blade andsecured therein.

i5 3. A scraper comprising a flexible rubber blade having a scrap edge,an inte handle of non-flexible ru ber extending from the blade at rightangles to the scraping edge; the handle extending into the rear portionofthe blade and secured-therein.

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